I was bullied and taunted cos of my skin colour in secondary school...my mates will call me & #39;azu ite& #39;
(back of a charcoal pot)
My literature teacher nicknamed me & #39;darkness& #39; cos he said I was too black and sad

I became really insecure in my body and had real esteem issues, as early as SS1 I was trying out different creams to enhance my skin colour.
I had an argument with my then bff and she publicly shouted "If your thighs are this black, only God knows what the crease of your ass

will look like"
I couldn& #39;t get myself to argue any further...I just stood there deflated while others laughed hard at the mad jab...maybe I was just childish for allowing it get to me or maybe I just had a bunch of assholes as classmates

I get angry at myself when I behold the beauty that is me in the mirror and remember how I felt deficient cos of other peoples opinion of me...
Never again!!!

I know we were kids and my classmates probably didn& #39;t know better but bullying especially for something

beyond the control of the individual is a very cruel and insensitive thing to do...

I embraced my black skin and even Coined Noir(black) from my name Nono so as to drive home my point

Saying & #39;Black is Beautiful& #39; is a tautology

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